Six Hours to Lose
| Six Hours to Lose | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Alex Joffé Jean Lévitte |
| Written by |
Alex Joffé Jean Lévitte |
| Starring | André Luguet |
| Music by | Henri Dutilleux |
| Cinematography | Pierre Montazel |
| Edited by |
Madeleine Gug Denise Baby |
| Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
Release dates | 22 January 1947 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Six Hours to Lose (French: Six heures à perdre) is a French romance film from 1946, directed by Alex Joffé, written by Alex Joffé and Jean Lévitte, starring André Luguet. The film was starred by Louis de Funès. The film based on the novel of Robert Brasillach, with the same title Six heures à perdre, edited posthumously in 1953.[1]
Plot
A traveller is stuck in an unknown town because his connecting train will only arrive in six hours. He decides to kill time by taking a stroll. He is not prepared to get confused with somebody else. In fact the citizens are eagerly awaiting the visit of a famous man and the clusless traveller is his doppelgänger. Soon he experiences what that means.
Cast
- André Luguet: traveller / Léopold de Witt
- Denise Grey: Misses de Witt
- Pierre Larquey: Joseph
- Paulette Dubost: Annette
- Jacqueline Pierreux: Simone
- Dany Robin: Rosy
- Louis de Funès: the driver
- Luce Fabiole: the passenger
- Marguerite de Morlaye: the rich widow
- Jean-Jacques Delbo: Claude
- Jean Gaven: Antoine